Very fun and entertaining prof! His class is a little challenging, but he makes it really fun. He's a very down-to-earth guy and very fun to learn from. Yes, its a hard class, but get over it - we're in college. He wants you to succeed but doesn't give you a cake walk, either.

the class is pretty easy, you don't even have to give any speeches!

I really liked Mark. The class was very fun, doing skits and things like that. His tests were easy, in that he actually tests you on things that you think you would need to know (instead of stupid random details from the book). He's really a good guy, and if you're serious about you're studies, you'll do more than fine. Highly recommend him.

Good in structor lays out information well, lots of in class discussion and participation activities.

open book online quizzes once a week. 3-60 point exams with the use of notes. A final of 100 points with no notes. Final was an accumalation the online quizzes and the first three tests, questions were word for word. You still need to apply yourself, read the textbook, take lecture notes and study. I received an A by a couple of points.

I don't know what everyone's complaining about, I thought he was a lot of fun. I don't know many people who can keep my attention for 3 hours. You just gotta' understand his...unique, sense of humor. Very sarcastic.

I really enjoyed having him as a teacher. I think not only was the class super easy as long as you read the text, but the exercises were fun to do in class. He was really funny and our class was very entertained. I would definately take him again! Word to the wise, he doesn't like slackers (just like any other teacher) keep up on your homework!

I thought he was a good teacher. I had a 10 pt, 10 minute online quiz every week. There were 2 midterms, first we took our own, then we took them as a group and averaged our own test score with the group's score if the group's score was higher. Good teacher if you work hard, you will read about 25-30 pages a week.

I enjoyed this class, despite having zero prior interest in it. Smeltzer has a sarcastic sense of humor, and had fun and engaging activities to fill our nearly 3 hr class. I haven't had a prof who made such a long class interesting before - I'd definitely recommend him, but you need to do homework, otherwise you won't do well.

Had Dr. Smeltzer for interpersonal. I had his class once a week for 3 hours, it always went by quickly.It was a fun class and it was easy. He creates a classroom environment where he is on the same level as you. There isn't that superiority issue here like so many teachers have in their classrooms. I hear his public speaking class is hard.

He was an excellent teacher. Everything was done with groups and the midterms were questions that we had already gone over in past tests taken. I would recommend mr. smeltzer. the class was fun and there was lots of group discussions.

He is a good teacher and knows what he is talking about. Weekly quizes that are easy if you do the reading. 3 midterms that if you take notes throughout the book you'll find pretty easy. He is strict on his rules. Miss 4 classes you fail, miss 2 classes in a row, you fail. Make sure you can make it to class if you register with his classes.

He is quite particular in what expects from the students. Read the text, quizes online, handful of speeches in front of the class. Take home final and improptu speech on day of final. Overall if you are comfortable speaking in front of people and try in this class you should do fine. Just don't think its going to be a cake class!

I absolutely hated this class. When I had a problem with D2L he accused me of lying then said he has to believe the computer. Not to mention, Century sent a e-mail confirming my problem. Also the rules are rediculious for discussion posts. When things are due, really isn't its due 24 hours before hand. NEVER AGAIN will I take his class!

I really liked Smeltzer and he is good at what he does. If you do the reading and work for grade you will succeed in this class. Overall I enjoyed interpersonal comm.

Absolutely pleased with teaching abilities. He made the class very interesting. I really like the seating rotation as well as the group learning. Very forward with how he feels about students interruptions and I believe that he has the right idea. Some students would love to hear and be able to learn in the class without interruptions.

Great teacher. He is very straight forward about how he wants HIS class to be. Follow the rules to his class, don't interupt the class while he is teaching and read the text book and you will do great.

Excellent. I learned a ton. He is clear on his expectations and rules, but if you do as he says, you will do well. Very engaging.

Very fun class. Professor lectures to small groups. Very funny teacher.

He is straight forward with his expectations, and he sticks to the rules he lays out in the syllabus. If you like to skip classes, don't take his class. You need to attend class, and are rewarded for it as well. Do your reading, participate in class, study for the tests and you will do well. He is VERY engaging and knowledgable. I learned a lot!

As long as you come to class, read your book and study the quizzes you take, you will do fine in this class. A lot of people complain about how his "rules" are, but really, come to class...do your quizzes... not that difficult. And all the tests come from the quizzes you take during the semester. Do your work and you'll be fine!

You will be expected to read the textbook and take an online quiz on each chapter before in-class discussion and clarification. If you do that and come to class, there's no reason you should do poorly. If you're not willing to do that much, don't expect to do well in any college course. He gives you everything you need to succeed, if you use it.

Mark is a great professor! i enjoyed his class a lot. He is passionate about his role as a mentor and teacher. You need to be involved and ready to learn. He has high expectations and that's ok. We are in college, right?

Mark is a great professor. The textbook was used and you read the whole book. This was a pretty easy class if you show up and do the work that is expected of you.

This teacher has amazing lectures but you have to be ready to ready to read because quite are from the text book. Good attendance will give you bonus points too. a lot of bonus point in midterm exams. Midterms are taken individually then as a group after with you get the average of both. The rest you will find out your self.

Mark is phenomenal instructor, the best teacher I have ever had. He makes the class very interesting. He explains every aspect of the class with great care; everything you are asked to do is very straightforward. He is extremely helpful both during class and outside of class. Every time I had a question he got back to me quickly.

Dr. Smeltzer expects a lot, but lays out those expectations really well. All you need to do is show up, listen, participate and do the work. After all, you're in school to learn, so it's nice to take a class from someone who knows the information he's dispensing is valuable, explains things well, and expects you to follow along. Then get the grade!

He's a great guy and you can learn a lot. Easy to talk to.

Mark is a great teacher. The class is demanding, if you don't have a lot of free time, or a flexible schedule, don't take it. He lays out all of his expectations on the first day, so he's a little scary on the first day because you realize how demanding the class is, but after that, it's not bad at all! He is a cool guy, loved his class.

I took Smeltzer for a few classes. He was great. He's huge on attendance so make sure you make it to class and you'll easily pass.

This was a great class. I learned a lot and I am planning to take more classes from him. The Mark made the class interesting.

if he doesn't like you, good luck. he will calculate your grades to go bad.

He was really funny and doesn't really care what his students think of him. I wasn't a big fan of being in groups all the time, no one in my group really clicked, which was a down fall for us. The class is basically one big group project. If you don't like groups, don't take him! But you can take quizzes as a group as well as open book!

Mark is a great professor. Not only does he want his students to succeed, but he's also a genuinely nice guy. For every speech in this class, Mark gave an assignment sheet detailing everything he wanted our speeches to contain. He cares more about structure than style. Follow his rules and you'll get an A; don't and you won't.

Mark Smeltzer is a very fair teacher, his attendance policy is a lot more forgiving than it looks at first. He is very open to conversation and will offer help and options if you take the time to discuss things with him.

He is great. He makes his expectations clear. He makes the subject interesting and fun. As long as you show up to class and do the reading there is no reason not to get an A.

Funny guy, great prof. Like how he structured his class

He takes participation really serious for an online course, as long as you do the work you'll get a good grade. If all you do is read the textbook, you wont be prepared for quizzes. He is kind of hard when it comes to grading. Lots of writing and reading (online discussions). You must read all of classmates post (you have 2 weeks to do homework).

He is a great & funny professor! Make sure to read your chapters because you will have to do 10 minutes online quizzes. You're put into a group for the whole semester and majority of the work is group work. Three midterms with the same questions from the online quizzes. One final exam that contains all three midterm questions. Easy Class to pass!

Nice, fun professor. You have to read the textbook to do the homework, which is multiple choice. You're in a group for the semester and attendance is a part of your grade. He makes his expectations clear but if you read the text and attend class, you should pass.

I honestly loved this class. He really wants you to succeed, but he wants you to participate and actually learn about this subject. Its not hard as long as you show up, make study sheets to use during midterms(3), and keep up on quizzes. He uses the *exact same* questions on the quizzes, midterms and the final. Lots of quizlets to help you out!

mark is good its pretty easy class if you read the book chapters thats needed and take the quizzes also show up cuz you get points and after you take a test theres a group test for each test which is nice. the quizzes i would suggest printing every quiz you get and you can use that for studying for the tests.

Great class! Made it easy to get a good grade. Email reminders for upcoming quizzes. He gives you 2 attempts for every chapter quiz.

Took his class and it was amazing. He seemed to genuinely care about the success of his students. You are put into groups, and honestly it wasnt awkward or weird at all, we all nearly had perfect attendance because the classes were fun and interesting. One online quiz a week, but you get to take it twice and use the best score for the gradebook.

I was intimidated at first because the syllabus seems very demanding. The course was easy as long as you followed directions. Each week there are 1 to 2 chapter quizzes that are easy and a discussion question. You must read all the posts and responses which can be a lot but it could be worse. There are many quizlets online that help a lot.

He is a great teacher. Told funny stories to help us understand the subject matter. I learned so much in this course!

Professor Smeltzer is awesome. You can tell he wants you to do well in his class. Very active in online group discussions. He gives you a lot of chances to do well and excel in class to get a great grade. Awesome teacher!

Teacher is great! Class is easy. Mark creates a welcoming environment.

Hes an amazing teacher and I always had a good time when in his class. The only homework is 1 quiz a week and a little bit of studying for tests.

Mark is an awesome teacher! I learned so much in his class. All you have to do is read the syllabus and do what is says and you will do great! I loved going to his class because he made everything interesting and he explained things so well. I will be taking more classes from him!

One of the best Professors I have ever had. He makes things interesting and clearly cares about the students. Also really interesting course material.

Mr Smeltzer's an amazing instructor! He teaches off the book and goes by such real life examples to give you ideas of exactly becoming a better communicator in communication! After taking his class, I've learned so much about my own self and life around me. I would take him again, yes! He also made class fun and enjoyable in groups! Well worth my $

Fun class and professor. We read chapters outside of class and took quizzes online. In class we discussed the chapter(s) in our small groups and with class. He was a good speaker & shared funny real-life stories to relate to the content we were studying at the time. He is a very fair & great professor. I would definitely take a class with him again

Mark is a really good and straight forward professor if you take him online. he seemed intimidating at first reading through his syllabus but if you just read it carefully and do exactly EVERYTHING it says, you really have no excuse to not pass. if you're taking this class online, it's easy to get the majority of quiz answers off of quizlet.

Great teacher! I learned so much in this communications class. Read each chapter and take a quiz and participate in weekly discussions. He is easy to work with, goes strictly by the syllabus, and responds to emails quickly. I wish more were like him.

Great teacher with solid expectations from the get-go in his syllabus. You can't expect to know the expectations and not get rebuffed when you don't follow them. Smeltzer was clear in his communication and teaching methods and discussion questions were always engaging and didn't demand you share something you didn't want to.

Mark is probably my favorite professor. Super nice guy, super funny, cares about your success. Lectures very interesting if you pay attention. Lots of group work. Weekly quizzes but super easy. READ THE TEXTBOOK and you will pass! lots of extra credit opportunities on tests and extra credit pop quizzes.

His class is the most straightforward class you'll ever encounter. The book is not difficult to read because it is really interesting. It's a communications class, after all, so posting on the discussion board and responding to classmates is a must if you want to obtain an A. :D

A lot of people are upset about his 48-hour rule, but I personally don't have an issue with it. You have 2-3 weeks to do 3 chapters of reading, the associated tests, and a discussion post (plus commenting). All of this can be done early if you read 10 pages a day. He also has a pretty clear rubric and will comment if you don't meet the requirements

Read the textbook and take the quizzes! quizzes are helpful in the long run because the tests have the same exact questions as the quizzes you take on each chapter. He lets you have one page of notes for some tests too. Only thing to be concerned about is getting a good group because youll be working with that group the whole course.

Professor Smeltzer has been one of my favorite Professors I've had in college so far. You can really tell that he cares if you succeed or not in his class, and in life as well. His lectures are really helpful and interesting. He's an overall cool guy!

In person lectures were interesting/fun. Take notes! He adds bonus point questions to tests. You get quizzed/ hw after each chapter. Make sure you help the people in your group out as that will be the people who you will taking exams with & their grades on group exams affects yours. He wants his students to succeed and is very understanding

Smeltzer cared about how you were doing in his class, he wanted to make sure you had the best grade you could achieve and he offered opportunities to make up quizzes/HW if needed. You work alot with your assigned group in this class so you want to make sure that everyone understands the material.

Phenomenal teacher!! He is very clear about his grading scale and offers retakes on quizzes at the end of the quarter (if needed) and drops the 2 lowest quiz grades at the end of the semester. Would 100% recommend this class, I feel that everybody should take a communications class because I learned so much and it's so beneficial in the long run.

This professor was very understandable and explained things thoroughly. This class very enjoyable and I would take his class again without hesitation. He was awesome! Loved the class, I like the way the class was structured and how he used group discussions. You should be present in class because he hints at test questions.

Mark Smeltzer has been my favorite professor so far in my college experiences. He makes the class interesting and keeps things real. He shows he cares for his students, giving them plenty of opportunities to catch up if they fall behind. There were lots of available resources for the class to utilize online as well!

He keeps it real, gets straight to the point during lectures, has activities that help you understand the material better, and quizzes/exams are fairly easy. However, I wouldn't recommend this class for introverted students as it requires a lot of communication. I love to talk though so this was a favorite course of mine.

I took his online interpersonal communication class this past summer. You need to put in the work to receive a good grade but the material was very interesting and a pretty simple course.

Small Group Communications: He was a good teacher overall, just his deadlines are scheduled weird and we weren't always in person. Since it's a small group, expect a lot of talking with your group and outside of class. Your participation matters! But the quizzes and finals aren't too bad as long as your groups talks, and you pay attention.

Smeltzer can be strict, but if you stay on top of the work, it's a manageable class. The lectures cover the textbook well, and discussion posts keep you engaged. Unstuck AI was a lifesaver for practice quizzes - highly recommend!